FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1217 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO CREST AT 17.8 FEET FRIDAY EVENING.
* ADVISORY STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* AT 19.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE SWAMPLAND AND LARGE AREAS OF FARMLAND AND
PASTURE LAND DOWNSTREAM FROM COLUMBIA BECOME FLOODED. THE RIVER
WALK IN WEST COLUMBIA AND CAYCE BEGINS TO FLOOD AT 10 FEET.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1232 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 108.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 121.3 FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 121.2
FEET ON OCT 10 2005.
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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1114 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BURKE...COLUMBIA...LINCOLN...MCDUFFIE AND RICHMOND. IN CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA...AIKEN...BAMBERG...BARNWELL...CALHOUN...
CHESTERFIELD...CLARENDON...EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW...
LANCASTER...LEE...LEXINGTON...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...
ORANGEBURG...RICHLAND...SALUDA AND SUMTER.
* UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
* THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS...ALONG WITH SATURATED
SOIL...SUPPORTS POSSIBLE FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. ON FOOT...KEEP AWAY
FROM STORM DRAINS.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1114 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST
THURSDAY...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THURSDAY.
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE COAST WILL BRING NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS...ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE
ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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